Going to the dentist!

Seeing the dentist in Sweden is free for children up to 19 years old. That has saved my parents lots of money since I have had problems with my teeth all my life. I really hope Jakob has better teeth than me.
Today was his second visit to the dentist and I have prepared him by reading books and talking about what it would be like. He knew all about the chair, the bib, about having to open his mouth etc and I think that helped. First of all he climbed up to the chair himself and the dentist let him have a play with the buttons that move the chair into the right position. A good start since Jakob loved it and thought it was so funny to feel the chair move after him pressing the buttons.

Jakob gettin in to positon...

I was SO proud of Jakob. He did everything the dentist told him to do. He opened his mouth, he closed it, he answered questions and sat still the whole time. It couldn't have gone any better.

The result was good. At this stage Jakob's teeth are looking very good and we don't have to come back for another 18 months. He told us to be careful with what we give him to eat and to avoid suger. We will from now on try to be better with that and cut down on things we know is not good for the teeth (and health in general). I think we are doing quite well already but I don't want my kids to be as bad as me when it comes to eating sweets.

The dentist also told Jakob that mummy and daddy have to brush his teeth in the morning and at night until he is around 8 years old depending on how good he gets at doing it himself.

Jakob left the dentist with a smile on his face and so did I.